Herefordshire-Hereford-1896 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21034

Map Date:

[1896]

Repository reference:

Hereford City Library, reference section

Historic county:

Herefordshire

Town name:

Hereford

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO510040

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 5140

Map title:

'City of Hereford.'

Comments on map:

Dated 1894 by Hereford City Library. Designed to show 'antiquities': no railways or 'ordinary' buildings, e.g.: for J.O. Bevan and F. Haverfield, An archaeological survey of Herefordshire, 1896.

Scale:

1:7920*

Map-maker:

Stanfords Georl Estabt London [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

30.7 x 27.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water, other: Archaeological symbols, in red.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type): Site of mill.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named wells.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals

Known copies of map:

BL Ac.5665.b, CUL E.44.10 [1896: in book]; Hereford Library 912.4244-LC City Plans [loose].

Antiquities:

With symbols: monastic, defensive and others, e.g. site of town hall, Olde House, and Supposed Subterranean Way.

Waterbodies:

shown

Monuments:

Monuments: [Nelson's Monument].

Ordnance Survey's

1884-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560